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Definition of Naval unit
1. Noun. A military unit that is part of a navy.
Generic synonyms: Force, Military Force, Military Group, Military Unit
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Specialized synonyms: Division, Naval Division, Squadron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Naval Unit
Literary usage of Naval unit
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phillips Academy, Andover, in the Great War by Claude Moore Fuess (1919)
"Oct. 1918, in Yale naval unit; dis. Dec. 1918. LAWRENCE STUTSON MARTIN: enl. Mar.
21, 1917, as Seaman, USN; pro. to be QM, 8d, 2d, and 1st CL, and CQM; ..."
2. The University of Pennsylvania, Franklin's College: Being Some Account of by Horace Mather Lippincott (1919)
"2287 naval unit 450 2737 The dead 176 Wounded 86 Decorated 75 Prisoners 9 The
highest rank was obtained by Brigadier Generals Henry Davis Todd, Jr., ..."
3. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"... beachmaster—(DOD) The naval officer in command of the beachmaster unit of the
naval beach group. beachmaster unit—(DOD) A commissioned naval unit of the ..."
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